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Heartland Express (HTLD) Competitors

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HTLD vs. HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, WERN, KNX, SNDR, HTZ, FRPH, and ODFL

Should you be buying Heartland Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heartland Express include Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Schneider National (SNDR), Hertz Global (HTZ), FRP (FRPH), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL).

Heartland Express vs. Its Competitors

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Heartland Express had 7 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Heartland Express and 8 mentions for Hub Group. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Heartland Express' score of 1.35 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heartland Express
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hub Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hub Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Heartland Express pays out -17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hub Group pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Heartland Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heartland Express$1.05B0.61-$29.72M-$0.46-17.96
Hub Group$3.78B0.58$103.99M$1.6521.60

Heartland Express has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.65% compared to Heartland Express' net margin of -3.85%. Hub Group's return on equity of 6.81% beat Heartland Express' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heartland Express-3.85% -4.42% -2.69%
Hub Group 2.65%6.81%4.06%

Heartland Express currently has a consensus target price of $9.70, indicating a potential upside of 17.43%. Hub Group has a consensus target price of $40.35, indicating a potential upside of 13.23%. Given Heartland Express' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Heartland Express is more favorable than Hub Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heartland Express
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Hub Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

53.5% of Heartland Express shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.7% of Heartland Express shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Hub Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hub Group beats Heartland Express on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HTLD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HTLD vs. The Competition

MetricHeartland ExpressTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$637.86M$6.58B$7.33B$9.58B
Dividend Yield0.99%1.32%949.37%4.09%
P/E Ratio-17.9128.4414.4025.19
Price / Sales0.611.47475.20115.75
Price / Cash4.169.277.7958.42
Price / Book0.813.442.166.24
Net Income-$29.72M$167.24M$574.20M$265.30M
7 Day Performance-0.36%-0.19%-0.78%-0.84%
1 Month Performance-4.73%-4.85%-0.15%-1.53%
1 Year Performance-32.24%-14.28%4.45%17.73%

Heartland Express Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTLD
Heartland Express
4.1283 of 5 stars
$8.53
+3.9%
$9.70
+13.7%
-33.4%$657.29M$1.05B-18.465,700News Coverage
Positive News
HUBG
Hub Group
4.3503 of 5 stars
$35.55
+0.2%
$40.35
+13.5%
-18.6%$2.17B$3.78B21.556,500Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.762 of 5 stars
$142.52
-0.6%
$164.90
+15.7%
-18.3%$13.89B$12.09B25.9133,646News Coverage
Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.5054 of 5 stars
$128.75
-0.3%
$145.17
+12.8%
-30.8%$4.47B$4.82B26.991,441Ex-Dividend
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.9607 of 5 stars
$11.83
-0.8%
$19.00
+60.6%
-32.5%$971.72M$920.87M45.503,776News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.6897 of 5 stars
$27.88
-0.5%
$30.50
+9.4%
-25.0%$1.68B$3.03B32.429,287
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9571 of 5 stars
$42.31
-0.4%
$53.88
+27.3%
-20.9%$6.90B$7.41B41.4835,300News Coverage
Positive News
SNDR
Schneider National
4.4016 of 5 stars
$24.42
-0.1%
$27.29
+11.8%
-9.8%$4.29B$5.48B34.8819,400
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.673 of 5 stars
$5.22
+2.2%
$4.18
-20.0%
+56.6%$1.59B$9.05B-0.6326,000Options Volume
FRPH
FRP
0.586 of 5 stars
$25.62
-0.9%
N/A-11.3%$493.78M$42.32M91.5010
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.5271 of 5 stars
$150.46
-0.4%
$167.62
+11.4%
-26.2%$31.76B$5.81B29.3921,895Trending News
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This page (NASDAQ:HTLD) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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